I've been experiencing this weird tightness in my neck along with a sore throat that comes and goes. It's been almost a week now, and I'm not sure what could be causing it. Sometimes I feel it pretty strongly, and other times it's not there at all. What could be going on?

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Dr Shubham Chauhan

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Your throat infection has progressedspread to the airways located in the chest, hence that feeling. Its called as Acute tracheitis bronchitis.

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